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The Walker
Why this pick
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MOVIE2002 1h 44m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Disc-jockey-turned-actor Bob Crane develops a secret personal life, focusing on his relationship with John Henry Carpenter, an electronics expert involved with the nascent Videocassette recorder#First home video recorders market. Encouraged by Carpenter and enabled by his expertise, Crane—a church-going, clean-cut family man—becomes a sexual addiction obsessed with women and with recording his encounters using video and photographic equipment, usually with Carpenter participating.
02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Greg Kinnear
Bob Crane
Willem Dafoe
John Carpenter
Maria Bello
Patricia Olson / Patrica Crane / Sigrid Valdis
Michael McKean
Video Executive
Alex Meneses
Emily
Vyto Ruginis
Nickie D.
John Kapelos
Bruno Gerussi
Rita Wilson
Anne Crane